Nelson County, North Dakota has 23 churches in the Churches List directory, 0 of them verified and 3 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 20 congregations and 2,858 adherents across 6 religious bodies in the county. That is 948 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 3,014 people.
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 12 | 2,034 | 674.9 |
| Catholic Church | 4 | 624 | 207.0 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 1 | 80 | 26.5 |
| United Church of Christ | 1 | 60 | 19.9 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations | 1 | 36 | 11.9 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod | 1 | 24 | 8.0 |
Source: 2020 US Religion Census (Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies). Per-1,000 rates divide reported adherents by the county's 2020 Census population (3,014). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Directory traditions here: Lutheran (11) · Catholic (6) · Non-Denominational (2) · Foursquare (1) · Episcopal (1) · Congregational (1) · Community (1)
Directory listings are mapped to Nelson County through the US Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file: each ZIP Code Tabulation Area is assigned to the county holding the largest share of its land area, so a small number of churches in ZIP codes that straddle county lines may be attributed to a neighboring county. Congregation and adherent counts come from the 2020 US Religion Census and are reported by the religious bodies themselves. Population is the county's April 2020 decennial-census base from the US Census Bureau's population-estimates program; per-1,000 adherence rates divide reported adherents by that figure. Corrections to any listing go through the corrections page.